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Here is a posting from Trains.com forum showing the amount of double tracking that is between Vancouver and Winnipeg, which is the most heavily used freight line in Canada upon which neither freight trains nor passenger trains can keep their schedules. While CN did a lot of double tracking as per the note below in 2019, it will be interesting to see how much if any they will do in 2020 with the current decline in freight volumes. There is basically no double tracking in Ontario between Toronto and Winnipeg execpt for the section between Sudbury and Parry Sound (approximately) where directional sharing of lines by CN and CP takes place. Even with that the westbound Canadian is usually late by the time it gets to Sudbury and never makes up the time after that. Clearly we need more investment, possibly with the help of tax credits to help keep the expansion going for the sake of the economy and the impact of climate change.

Notes in black type are added to the posting for clarification.

Trains.com forum Posted by ADRIAN BALLAM on Saturday, April 27, 2019 4:17 PM
If you looked at the amount of CN's subdivisions that are double-tracked between Vancouver (Surrey's Thornton Yard) and Winnipeg, including sections of double-track along with all sidings, it is currently less than 50% (737.18 miles out of 1,541.20 miles). Here is the breakdown based on what I had calculated:

Yale Sub: 90.7% (includes directional running with CP) (Vancouver, BC - Boston Bar, BC)

Ashcroft Sub: 68.4% (includes directional running with CP) (Boston Bar, BC - Kamloops, BC)

Clearwater Sub: 38.9% (Kamloops,BC - Blue River, BC)

Albreda Sub: 61.3% (includes portion that is Red Pass Sub since line is for westbound traffic north of Valemont) (Blue River, BC - Jasper, AB)

Edson Sub: 50.8% (will increase to over 58% by end of year due to double-tracking projects) ( Jasper, AB - Edmonton, AB)

Wainwright Sub: 30.0% (will increase to over 32% due to additional double-track) ( Edmonton, AB - Biggar, SK)

Watrous: 33.4% (will increase to over 43% due to additional double-track) (Biggar, SK - Melville, SK)

Rivers: 46.0% (will increase to over 50% due to additional double-track) (Melville,SK - Winnipeg, MB)

Considering traffic is excess of 100 million tons per year between the points and growing substantially due to Prince Rupert, 47.8% of the lines being double-tracked is not very much. It's surprising that it took a while to make the Edson Sub more than 50% double-track considering that is CN's busiest mainline of them all.